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Tl;dr: As long as the third-party mapping toggle is active, the controller ONLY works with steam, nothing else (non-steam games, emulators, etc.). Is there a fix for that?

I recently bought a Vader 5 pro and the controller itself is great, but I do have one big issue with it:

When I first connected it, I installed the software, updated it and the controllers firmware.

Generally it worked great, apart from that steam always shows 2 controllers connected, but I thought that's not that big of an issue as long as everything works.

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But also none of those allow steam-input mapping of the extra buttons the controller have "out of the box".

So I turned on "Allow third-party apps to take over mappings" in the Space station software.

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Now the controller shows up 3 times in steam, one of which CAN be fully customized, so at least that works.

But now to the big issue:

As long as that toggle is enabled, the controller is not recognized by ANYTHING ELSE that isn't directly connected to steam! Non-steam games can't be played, the gamepad tester website doesn't see it and emulators can't be used with it!

I mean worst case, I'll have to disable the third-party setting and only map via the 4 profiles in the software, but that's also not great, especially if I want to map on a game by game basis...

Is there any way to fix this and enable steam input while also allow other programs to "see" the controller?

Things I've tried so far without fixing it:

- enabling the toggle and fully uninstalling the flydigi software
- disabling and/or uninstalling the "360 controller" that shows up in device manager
- enabling/disabling "xbox extended feature support" in steam controller settings (if enabled makes it so that now 3 controllers show up in steam, same problems tho)

I'm still on Windows 10 if that makes a difference, but if you are using W11 or Linux tell me if you have the same issue, had it and fixed it or if it just worked out of the box for you.

Thanks

SteaMidra works great with basically any game I've tried so far, but I have one question:

How does it work with games that rely on denuvo but were already cracked by people like voices38, e.g. Pragmata or most recently AC:Shadows?

Is there a way to apply these cracks to the games or do we still need to download these games separately with the cracks and just play them without SteaMidra or similar tools?

Is it possible to only allow direct downloads from e.g. fitgirl (basically every game is downloadable via fuckingfast.co at good speeds)?

I don't really want to torrent stuff if I can help it and also I would like to avoid paying for a debrid service, so direct downloading is my preferred way to get my stuff.

So is it possible to download games easily via Hydra, but only use DDL sources for it?

I've just heard about SteaMidra for the first time and it does sound cool, adding games directly to steam sounds pretty convenient.

So far I've only ever downloaded my games from FitGirl and similar sites and that always worked great so far.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of each method and what do you prefer to use and why?

Thanks :)

I've pirated stuff basically my entire "online live".

It basically started when my dad showed me where I could download Crysis 3, when I wanted to play that game.

But I only ever used direct download sites and that's mostly been fine. With right sources you can just get the links and download your stuff, often even at full speed.

But ofc it also happens that you can't do that, either it's not available anymore OR you have to deal with the super slow speeds of certain file hosters (unless you pay for for the extra speed ofc...).

And especially for streaming, the quality is basically always bad and I don't know any good (and if good, then certainly not fast) DDL sites for those things (especially not in german).

So:

I don't have any experience with Torrents or the usenet, but I'd like to look into those things, to have a better chance of actually finding content I'm looking for.
So basically my question is: What would you recommend to me to look into first, Torrents, Usenet or something else? And where to start? (probably a mega thread somewhere here on reddit if I had to guess 🤣)

And what are the advantages and disadvantage of either and where can you find "better" or "more" content or find it more easily (especially movie and show wise, maybe audiobooks as well)?

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Budget: Around what's listed here, but lower is always better if the qualitiy doesn't suffer, definitely below 100 € tho!

Where to buy: Basically anything that's availabe in germany

Compatibility: Only PC (windows for now, maybe Linux in the future), maybe Android, but probably not

Features: Xbox layout, wireless (2.4 GHz), Hall-effect or TMR sticks and triggers, decent feeling buttons and rumble

Games: Mostly slower single player games like RPGs (Witcher, Elden Ring, Final Fantasy), sometimes non competitive shooters (Pragmata, Ratchet and Clank)

Comparisons: I basically always used an Xbox Controller (first the 360 controller, then later a series controller) and I always loved it, especially the overall shape and feel of them, but now the drift on the left stick got so bad, that I want to get a controller that won't have that issue!
I've also played a good amount with the PS4 controller and while it's not bad, I didn't like the shape and the stick positions. The PS5 controller felt nice when I held one in a store, but I've never used it for longer than maybe a minute, would be cool for the few games that might support the adaptive triggers, but those aren't many, and probably not worth the lower PC compatibility and layout.
The only other controller I used for a bit is the 8bitdo Ultimate 2c I bought for my GF last year, but not enough to have a decicive opinion on it. Overall I like it (especially for the price!), but it still feels "unfamiliar" in my hand, especially since it's more "square" than the Xbox pad.

The left stick of my Xbox Series controller got pretty lose over time, to the extend that in Pragmata I basically always move forward if I don't manually pull back the stick to the middle position and that's just not enjoyable (and 1 or 2 very slight but sometimes noticeable other problems).

So basically I'm looking for a new controller and right now I'm considering getting an 8bitdo controller, since last year I bought an Ultimate 2c for my GF and used it a bit myself and while it still has an unfamiliar feel in my hand, overall I like it and I'm sure I could grow to like it a lot with extended use.

The "Ultimate 2c" is ofc one the cheapest here (germany) with just around 30 € and as written above, it's the only one I've already tried for a bit.

Then there's also the "Ultimate 2" for around 60 €. Idk what the exact difference between these 2 is (apart from the included charging station, the RGB and the back pedals) and if it's superior to the 2c in basic controller stuff and if it's worth the extra money.

Which of these controllers would you personally recommend/use or would you look into something completely different? I've seen a few other ones but I have no idea which are decent.

I don't need the best of the best, since I mostly play "casual"/single player/couch games with controller, if I'm playing a fast multiplayer shooter or similar games I just M+K for those, so I don't want to spend 100+ € on a new controller and would like to stick to the "below 100" line.

And I'd like it to have an Xbox style layout. If it didn't have the prevalent problems with the sticks, I'd just pick up a new Xbox series controller for around 50-60 bucks

Thanks :)

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In the first area I noticed weird artifacts right below the character, his weapon and the flying particles above the body of water.

To me that's a bit distracting and I just wanted to share it, so it might get fixed for the full release.

It's also not a upscaling bug, I've tried everything from TSR or FSR native to performance and it's the same on every setting (no FG as well ofc).

Resolution was 3440x1440 with all settings maxed out.

I bet we all had those lobbies.

One guy has an open mic, never heard of push to talk and is constantly blasting music, talking to random people (family or on discord) or has the loudest newborn ever right beside him.

And we always need to hold out until we're actually in the game to mute their voice chat.

It would be great if we could just mute them right then and there, especially if asking for push to talk doesn't help.

This would probably even reduce the amount of toxicity slightly, bc a lot of people would load into the match less annoyed already.

A text chat mute would also be nice for people that already start flaming or spamming during the draft, but voice is probably the bigger issue at that stage.

Bonus suggestion: Implement a volume slider (look at CS2, that game has something like that), so that we can just turn down the screaming dude that maybe DOES give somewhat helpful calls, but is either waaaay to loud or whatever else is wrong with his microphone (static, etc.)